Smart Materials: Microscale and Macroscale Approaches

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University has a long-standing and successful history over 100 years where a great deal of important discoveries and inventions have been made. It was founded in 1899.

SPbPU has recently become the "National Research University" – a recognized Russian and international leader in the field of engineering and economic education with a rich educational, scientific and innovation infrastructure. The University is a member of Academic Excellence program among Russian Universities “5-100-2020”. SPbPU is listed in the QS World University Rankings (471-480) and Times Higher Education (113th position among European universities). SPbPU is a leading university of Russia with over than 26 000 students and postgraduates, 4500 of them are foreign citizens from 115 countries. The University is carrying out education and research activities in the following areas: natural science, engineering, economics and humanities. SPbPU trains specialists in 49 Bachelor Degree programs and 200 Master Degree programs, including 20 international Master Degree programs taught in English, 90 PhD programs and Doctorate programs. The University is proud of its longstanding traditions of international cooperation with many foreign educational institutions, research organizations and industrial companies. Among the partners of the University are 293 universities and 90 partner companies from 68 countries.

Kazan National Research Technological University offers a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and PhD programs under the umbrella of chemical engineering. With its long-standing history starting in 1890 as an Integrated Industrial College, KNRTU pursues excellence in academics and research with the focus on polymer engineering, materials science, petrochemistry, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. As a national research university, KNRTU belongs to a group of Russian state universities with a strong priority given to research and innovations.

KNRTU is listed in several global rankings: QS World University Rankings (position 158 among universities from BRICS countries) and Times Higher Education (Top 301-400 Impact Raking: Quality of education 2020). The university enrolls over 25,000 students that makes it one of Top-3 largest universities in its city. Among these students, approximately 2,000 are international students from over 45 countries. KNRTU implements more than 350 academic programs of all levels: Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programs as well as pre-university training and professional development courses. The University is an associate member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and a member of the Eurasian Pacific Network of Universities (UNINET). KNRTU is proud of long-standing partnerships with more than 100 universities, international organizations and companies from 30 countries in America, Europe and Asia.